Randomize animation state in Mecanim, possible?

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Hi
The client has thrown me a loop. What has happened is that the final animation assets do not match the proxy assets.
Instead of a single Idle state they now have given me three Idle states and I need to randomly choose the Idle animation state.
So I am wondering if the attached Mecanim state diagram is possible?
Is there some way thru code of deciding which particular animation state to branch to?

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Hi, there are several ways. If you want to keep that look for your animator, you can add an int parameter for example, add a condition on each transition with a different value for that int, and set its value from a Random.Range each time you’re about to enter there (either in your character controller or in a StateMachineBehaviour added to walk_to_idle). You could also put the three animations in a blend tree with the same parameter (but as a float).

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Thanks. Guessing this is one area where Mecanim shines.
One area where it doesn’t is trying to achieve variable speed with baked transtion animations!
I was able to get it working by resetting the Animator default speed just BEFORE I triggered any transition.

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Not sure how or where you’re varying your speed, but if its in the walk cycle to control character walk speed, there’s a better way to do it. Make a walk-in-place animation where the footsteps match the walk cycle as far as up-down goes, but not the movement forward-backward. Then blend between them to achieve smooth speed control without that slow-motion look.

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